महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-14, verse-126

एकपादं महादंष्ट्रं सहस्रशिरसोदरम् ।
सहस्रभुजजिह्वाक्षमुद्गिरन्तमिवानलम् ॥१२६॥

126. ekapādaṁ mahādaṁṣṭraṁ sahasraśirasodaram ,
sahasrabhujajihvākṣamudgirantamivānalam.

126. ekapādam mahādaṃṣṭram sahasraśirasodaram
sahasrabhuja jihvākṣam udgirantam iva analam

126. ekapādam mahādaṃṣṭram sahasraśirasodaram
sahasrabhuja jihvākṣam analam iva udgirantam

126. It had a single foot, great fangs, a thousand heads and bellies, a thousand arms, tongues, and eyes, as if vomiting forth fire.

Words meanings summery:

• एकपादम् (ekapādam) - one-footed, having one foot

• महादंष्ट्रम् (mahādaṁṣṭram) - having great fangs/tusks

• सहस्रशिरसोदरम् (sahasraśirasodaram) - having a thousand heads and bellies

• सहस्रभुज जिह्वाक्षम् (sahasrabhuja jihvākṣam) - having a thousand arms, tongues, and eyes

• उद्गिरन्तम् (udgirantam) - vomiting, emitting, ejecting

• इव (iva) - as if, like, resembling

• अनलम् (analam) - fire

Words meanings and morphology

एकपादम् (ekapādam) - one-footed, having one foot

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ekapāda

ekapāda - one-footed, having one foot

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (eka+pāda)

• eka – one, single
  numeral
• pāda – foot, leg
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with implied 'astram'

महादंष्ट्रम् (mahādaṁṣṭram) - having great fangs/tusks

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mahādaṃṣṭra

mahādaṁṣṭra - having great fangs/tusks

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+daṃṣṭra)

• mahā – great, mighty
  adjective
• daṃṣṭra – tusk, fang
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with implied 'astram'

सहस्रशिरसोदरम् (sahasraśirasodaram) - having a thousand heads and bellies

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sahasraśirasodara

sahasraśirasodara - having a thousand heads and bellies

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sahasra+śiras+udara)

• sahasra – thousand
  numeral
• śiras – head
  noun (neuter)
• udara – belly, abdomen
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with implied 'astram'

सहस्रभुज जिह्वाक्षम् (sahasrabhuja jihvākṣam) - having a thousand arms, tongues, and eyes

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sahasrabhuja jihvākṣa

sahasrabhuja jihvākṣa - having a thousand arms, tongues, and eyes

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sahasra+bhuja+jihvā+akṣa)

• sahasra – thousand
  numeral
• bhuja – arm
  noun (masculine)
• jihvā – tongue
  noun (feminine)
• akṣa – eye
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with implied 'astram'

उद्गिरन्तम् (udgirantam) - vomiting, emitting, ejecting

(participle)

Accusative, masculine, singular of udgirat

udgirat - vomiting, emitting, ejecting

Present Active Participle

Derived from root √gṛ with prefix ud-, present stem girat.

Prefix: ud

Root: gṛ (class 6)

Note: Grammatically masculine accusative singular. Describes the weapon, implied to be personified or a loose agreement with the grammatical neuter 'astram'.

इव (iva) - as if, like, resembling

(indeclinable)

अनलम् (analam) - fire

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of anala

anala - fire, Agni